Turner “Tfue” Tenney is one of the most famous YouTubers and streamers in the gaming industry. The Fortnite player is massively popular among his fans for his Battle Royale-related streaming on Twitch. Recently, this popular streamer and ex-FaZe Clan member announced his retirement from the industry. Fellow streamer Jake Lucky came forward showing his sadness over the news calling Tfue a “legend“.
Since this news, his 11 million followers on Twitch have expressed their heartbreak over Tfue’s decision to exit the industry. While talking about his retirement, Tfue also spoke on how this pressure of content creation is made him exhausted.
Takeaway from Tfue’s statement
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The popular Twitch streamer recently shared forty-minute-long footage on Youtube that initially began with Tfue’s debut Twitch streams and Youtube videos. He retrospected on how he thought Fortnite was a game for kids and then after playing, he got into the game. However, he also spoke about how his knack for gaming took away his social life as he was working for six to eight hours a day.
He focused on being twenty-five years old and now wishes to socialize and explore life outside gaming- “I used gaming to kind of escape from reality. Now I use reality to escape from fucking work. I just feel kinda trapped sometimes, you know.”
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How fans took the News
A streamer, and Tfue fan, Jake Lucky took to his Twitter to announce the news, “The legend @Tfue is retiring from gaming and streaming, he’s not sure if or when he will return.”
The legend @Tfue is retiring from gaming and streaming, he's not sure if or when he will return
"I need to live my life" pic.twitter.com/qPoxHxoSHQ
— Jake Lucky (@JakeSucky) June 20, 2023
He added the full link to the video confirming Tfue his true legend- “An absolute legend man, hope this ain’t the end.”
An absolute legend man, hope this ain't the end https://t.co/jschZezVDD pic.twitter.com/wsuITD9COV
— Jake Lucky (@JakeSucky) June 20, 2023
Jake Lucky’s comments further express how much excitement fans contain for this Fortnite legend-“ Mad respect for being able to step away, selfishly hope he returns one day, but man has done it all by the age of 25 and wants to live his life, gotta admit it.”
Mad respect for being able to step away, selfishly hope he returns one day, but man has done it all by the age of 25 and wants to live his life, gotta admire it
— Jake Lucky (@JakeSucky) June 20, 2023
Another fan agreed with Lucky’s statement about Tfue- “Tfue is a legend in the gaming scene. I was getting pretty emotional watching this and feeling for him until he said ‘streaming 6-8 hours a day, I don’t have time to do sh*t.”
Tfue is a legend in the gaming scene. I was getting pretty emotional watching this and feeling for him until he said "streaming 6-8 hours a day, I dont have time to do shit"
Idk man, life is pretty exhausting out there in the real world. Most people work 10 hour days every day…
— AdBrad (@AdBradCS) June 20, 2023
Tfue’s words about how he used to play games to escape the real world resonated with fans.
''I used gaming to escape from the real world, now I use the real world to escape from gaming.''
This one hits deep🥺
— Miracle Media (@miraclemedia) June 20, 2023
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Another fan couldn’t stop reminiscence how good Tfue was and how he gave us one of the best Fortnite eras ever.
Prime Fortnite with Tfue was one of the greatest eras.
— Tiger ⚡️🐅 (@LifeOfTigerYT) June 20, 2023
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Amid all the debate, it is confirmed that Tfue will not be entertaining us now with his amazing gameplay streams. Like many of his fans, we are also saddened to hear this. If you share our emotions, let us know your feelings below.
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